Sina on Yemen fighting Oil moves under U.S. escort

Oct 3

Tagesthemen says oil is about 40 percent above its late-February price and reports recent Houthi coastal gains and control of Bab al-Mandab, with renewed deaths and injuries including after Sanaa airstrikes. Reporting from Mukalla, Ramin Sina describes that day as an especially intense escalation: Saudi-supported government airstrikes on Sanaa and hundreds of thousands trapped in Taiz. After a week of conversations in Yemen he finds residents deeply war-weary and sees no political solution after twelve years of recurring fighting. In his full second answer, he describes shipping companies using smaller vessels with GPS disabled to move millions of barrels through Hormuz at night and sometimes by day, under US military protection. He calls the workaround unsustainable but says it is currently returning more oil to world markets. Territorial, military and shipping claims remain attributed to the programme and correspondent.

ARD reports heavy October 3 fighting around Taiz and residents trapped by several conflict parties. Reporting from Mukalla, Ramin Sina tells Tagesschau that Houthis and government forces besiege the city and that Saudi-supported government airstrikes repeatedly also kill civilians while targeting Houthi fighters. In the later Tagesthemen exchange he says hundreds of thousands are trapped in Taiz and describes the day as especially intense in Yemen. Both accounts describe widespread war-weariness after twelve years of recurring fighting and no near political solution. Responsibility and the later population estimate remain attributed; neither supplies a new verified death toll or settled territorial outcome.